The young Athy singer released her first solo single, 'Love Letter from the Moon' 

Crooked House Theatre Company and Purple Door were awarded through the Art Council's Youth Ensembles Scheme

Well done Emma!

Kildare musician Cormac Keegan was the All Ireland Winner for the uilleann pipes

Ciara Tinney’s animated short film Wildkind is nominated at the HollyShorts Film Festival.

Photographs for sale include distinctive shots of Kate Bush, Oasis, The Rolling Stones, Wham!, Jimi Hendrix and Duran Duran.

Peter Murrell, the SNP’s former chief executive, was jailed for embezzling more than £400,000 from the SNP.

The festival commemorates the short life of a Catholic convert poet whose dedication to Jesuit humility meant he wasn’t published until 30 years after his death in 1889

More than 6,000 people have signed a petition for her show Cartwheel to be cancelled.

The Worst Person In The World actor stars in a film adaptation of Tove Jansson’s The Summer Book.

Kildare shaped Glen Hansard in his formative years and he was a frequent visitor to the county

The festival will run from October 21 to November 1 at the Southbank Centre.

The Dara Bronze Award was presented at the official opening of the 38th Gerard Manley Hopkins International Literary Festival

The 57-year-old will succeed Maria Balshaw in the role.

Led by Deirdre Browne, the programme featured expert tuition from singing teacher Dearbhail Downey and drama teacher Sharon Osborne.

The show will open in the West End next year.

In 1961, the then 27-year-old Kirkland photographed the Hollywood star.

The award-winning actress will also return to Naas for a festive show at the Moat Theatre this December!

Best of luck to Colin and Niamh

Sunday Miscellany on steroids

The event could become a permanent fixture on the Athy calendar

One Kildare actress took home two awards at the Irish awards ceremony

His publicist said the wishes of the late artist were followed.

Out of this word!

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Ciarán is the composer, musical director, and conductor of The Misneach Orchestra

He was one of the most celebrated and influential British artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Two pieces from Warhol’s Reigning Queens series will go under the hammer at a Danish auction house later this month.

Pike Hill: The Rath Massacre is not always an easy read.

“Structurally, Our Deadly Summer is a bit more complicated."

FOLLOWING a comprehensive collaboration between four local organisations, Athy Library, and the Blueway Art Studio the ‘Future Ancestor’ Festival returned to the town on Saturday (16 May) in the Library grounds.

Football legend Harry Redknapp says the pride of 17 statues is a ‘great way to get fans behind the team’ as England depart for the 2026 tournament.

The aim of the project “is to capture the histories, like the individual personal histories of Dreamland"

Congrats David!

White will launch his exhibition, These Thoughts May Disappear, at Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery on Friday.

The Southbank Centre has said all of its board members have the ‘right to exercise their freedom of expression within the law’.

The collection of more than 70 poems spans a timeline from Rani's teens until the present day

Congrats Maurice!

Oliver Dickens will perform the readings in the author’s former home in central London – now the Charles Dickens Museum.

William Costelloe said he wanted to continue his father’s support for the Jack And Jill Foundation.

"What matters is bringing the human element to life, what people felt, how they reacted, and how they lived with the aftermath."

Congrats Mary!

"Every book is important because it has an effect on somebody else, and doubtless this one will have an effect on many people who will read it"